Training camp for the Browns entire team begins at 4 p.m. Thursday with the first practice of the summer.

For quarterback Brandon Weeden, his personal training camp started the day he met offensive coordinator Norv Turner when the offseason program began in April. Since then, Weeden has been working to improve his footwork, speed up his delivery and break that nasty habit some quarterbacks have of patting the ball with his left hand just before firing it.

"That's one thing that you have to continue to work on as a quarterback," Coach Rob Chudzinski said Monday in a conference room inside Browns headquarters in Berea. "That takes some time to eliminate. He definitely has made progress in that. He's quickened his footwork. It's more consistent and he's getting the ball out quicker because of it,"

Chudzinski had other positive things to say about his second-year quarterback from Oklahoma State during a 20-minute group interview, though not to the point where he is ready to say Weeden has a lock on the starting job.

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Weeden will start camp with the first team, but when asked to list the positions that will produce the best battles, Chudzinski mentioned quarterback among a handful of others, including safety, right cornerback, guard, wide receiver, kicker, punter, kick returner and punt returner.

Backup quarterback -- for now -- Jason Campbell will work with the second team and Brian Hoyer with the third unit, just as they did in minicamp last month. The difference is they will be in pads beginning Saturday after reporting Wednesday.

"Obviously, training camp is the first time where we'll get a chance to see those guys basically against full speed competition," Chudzinski said. "That will be a big part of the process of them growing.

"They'll get plenty of work and there's going to be plenty of reps during camp to get it. At times, you may see them working with different groups. That doesn't necessarily mean anything; we're going to make sure that all our guys get as many reps as we can in that way."

The bosses Weeden has to impress this summer are not the ones who drafted him, but he said he can't worry about what CEO Joe Banner and General Manager Mike Lombardi are thinking.

Since minicamp concluded on June 6, Weeden has intensified a program that includes jumping rope to work on his foot speed. He spent part of the last six weeks working out with wide receivers Greg Little and Josh Cooper in Weeden's hometown in Oklahoma.

"I feel like a completely different player (than a year ago)," Weeden said after practice Monday morning. "It's knowing what to expect. ... I didn't know anyone in the locker room. I didn't know the routine. There are just so many unknowns. Now, I've been in it for a year and I know how the weekly routine goes and I've got myself into a routine.

"I'm going to go out there with confidence. I'm not going to be timid. I'm going to go out there and play hard and leave it on the line and take the chances I did and always have. Throw the ball and throw the ball in tight windows and trust my arm. It's hard to play this position when you are aiming throws and second-guessing throws. You have to play aggressive and be aggressive at all times.

Chudzinski wants to create adverse situations in practice this summer to see how Weeden and the other quarterbacks react. He wants to learn how the quarterbacks operate late in a game after making errors in the first three quarters.

"With a new system, there are things you're asking guys to do that weren't emphasized in other systems," Chudzinski said. "Part of the process is seeing them try to do those things and make the throws that you want them to make. At times, you have to be careful in counting the number of attempts and completions. There are times when we want them to work on some things that they aren't as familiar with.

"The most important thing for any quarterback in this league is to be able to handle adversity. Maybe they're having a bad throw, a bad day and seeing how they come back because that's so much of this game. Sixty percent of games come down to a margin of seven points or less, so it comes down to the end of the game. It doesn't matter what kind of game you have had. You have to be able to play in those situations. That's what is so critical for a quarterback."

Weeden, 5-10 as a starter last year, ranked 29th among quarterbacks with a 72.6 rating. He was slightly better in the fourth quarter -- 27th of 38 with a 77.2 rating. His fourth-quarter passer rating was better than that of Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (36th, 67.8), whom Turner coached last year in San Diego.